Name: Rebecca Abergel
Discipline: Nuclear engineering
Degrees: Ph.D. in chemistry from UC Berkeley, 2006; B.Sc. from Ecole Normale Superieure of Paris, 2002
Research interests: The chemistry of heavy elements and radionuclides, with medical, environmental and industrial applications such as the development of radiotherapy agents, decontamination strategies or separations of metals in the nuclear fuel cycle.
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